Improved table and stool



N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON, Dv C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENIRY LOTH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPRovl-:D TABLE AND sTooL.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,769. dated July 31, 1866.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENIRY LOTH, of the city of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have ,invented a new and useful Improvement in Tables and v Stools; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in a peculiar method of j ointing together the legs and top of tables or stools, so as to permit such articles of furniture to be easily folded up into a compact form or package, and thus making them exceedingly portable without detaching any of the parts.

The improvement is particularly adapted to tables or stools designed for temporary use, as on steamboats, or at restaurants, wateringplaces, Ste. A stool made upon this improved plan may also be easily stowed away in thev bottom of a trunk, occupying `very little space.

In order that my` said invention may be fully understood, lIl will now proceed more particularly to describe the same.

Upon reference to the drawings, making part of this specification, and in which similar letters of reference allude to like parts in the several views- Figure l is an elevation of a table of my improved construction. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same turned upside down. Fig. 3 is a side view of the table in its collapsed or folded condition. Fig. 4 shows the same condition of parts viewed transversely to Fig. 3, and` Fig. `5 is an end View ofthe saine.

The top of the table consists of semicircular halves A and B, hinged together at a a. C D, and E are the legs supporting the topAB These legs are united by hinges, and when placed in position for use their inner edges butt together and interlock in a very durable manner. (Best seen in Fig. 2.) C and D come face to face at an angle of one hundred and twenty degrees, and their joint is again covered and neatly overlapped by the face of leg E, which is cut out to the same angle. Legs "C and D are hinged at 111), and D and E at c c,

in such a manner that the threeV legs can, from their open position, Figfl and 2, be folded to lie flat upon each other, as at Figs. 3,4, and 5. ,One of the parts of the table-top A is so hinged to the leg G at d d that it and seg-- ment B can also be laid dat against leg C, and thus the five piecescomposing the table are compactly folded and transformed into a very solid and portable package.

e and f are spring-latches provided on the lower side of 4top 7B,fthe one, e,securing the leg D in proper position when opened out, and f resting against the side of leg E for the same purpose. y

The arrangement and combination of parts vabove described remain unchanged in adapting the invention to the manufacture of stools, the only needed change being the reduction of dimensions of the different parts. For most purposes it will, however, be found a practical advantage to make' the top or seat of' the stool in one solid piece, thus strengthening it and avoiding the cost and labor of hinging the halves together.

Having thus fully described my invention, I desire to be understood as not wishing to claim, broadly, a folding table or stool, since these are Well known and have been made of various constructions; but

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The described folding table or stool having its three legs, C DE, and top A B combined as shown, and relatively arranged to fold up in the order and for the purpose set forth.

HENIRY LOTE.

Witnesses THEoDoEE BERGNER, CEAS. E. PANcoAsT. 

